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The verbal act of urging on
Answer for the clue "The verbal act of urging on ", 8 letters:
abetment
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of abetting; instigating; inciting; encouraging. (First attested from 1350 to 1470.) (R:SOED5: page=4)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the verbal act of urging on [syn: instigation ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abetment \A*bet"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Usage examples of abetment.
Not only your forgery, but your robbery, your abetment of murder, are known to me.
While she could take no blame for the freakish hunting mishap, it was also indisputable that the doomed rhino expedition had been precipitated by the dognapping crisisand that the dognapping had been complicated by Desie's attraction to, and abetment of, Twilly Spree.
While she could take no blame for the freakish hunting mishap, it was also indisputable that the doomed rhino expedition had been precipitated by the dognapping crisis—and that the dognapping had been complicated by Desie's attraction to, and abetment of, Twilly Spree.
Fenn knew that such field trials typically involved the abetment of more ships and more personnel—Canaveral and Ad Astra each carried crews of only a few dozen—but she surmised that, given the current diplomatic turmoil, Starfleet Command had not wanted to draw attention to Universe.